A Zombie's Heart

Chapter 25

I get up first the next morning. I couldn't sleep because of the anxiety I was feeling. I step out of the tent and grab a bottle of water from the truck. I open it to take a sip, when I here something. It was like a grunt. I chuck my water bottle in the direction that the noise came from. 

"Ow!" I hear someone whisper loudly. I run over and catch Kyra rubbing her head where she must've gotten hit. 

"What are you doing here Kyra? Get away from us."

 She smirks, "I had to hear an update on Yoongi." I glance over at the tents. "He's not dead yet? You're wasting time, Celeste." 

I look back at her and glare. "You can't do anything to us. You may have a gun, but we have multiple. You can't kill one of us without being killed before you have a chance to even touch another one us."

 She laughs, "Oh please. I'm not an idiot. Follow me." 

I follow her to the city and we walk down a long street. She stops in front of a large garage. I step forward and peer in through a window. I gasp when I find what's inside. There's at least a couple hundred zombies in there. They notice me and stumble over the the window, moaning and crying. I step away, breathing heavily and I look back at Kyra who stands smiling at me. 

"Kyra..." She steps forward and rolls up her sleeve, revealing a large, infected gash. The only thing that could've done that was the zombies. "Kyra, are you immune?" 

She shakes her head. "No, I'm not immune. I just refused to turn into one of them. They're easy to trick. They'll listen to me, and the second your time is up and Yoongi is still alive, all of these, will be coming. A few guns isn't going to stop them." She walks away leaving me staring at the zombie filled garage with my eyes filled with tears.

***

I get back and Taehyung putting together sandwiches for breakfast. He smiles at me when he sees me coming.

 "Did you go to the city?" I nod. He walks up to me and places his hands on my shoulders. "Are you okay?" 

"Yeah...I don't really want to talk about it okay?" 

He kisses my forehead before going back to making sandwiches. I sit by the fire and watch to smoke drift upwards slowly. I have to do something. It's either Yoongi or the rest of us. But Abbi would kill me if I harm him.... I don't know what to do.... Yoongi and Abbi walk out of the tent and grab a sandwich. They sit by me and enjoy the food while laughing and talking. This isn't fair. It's not fair to me that they are happy, while I have to worry. They don't have the lives of everyone here in camp resting on their shoulders. It isn't fair to Yoongi that he doesn't know what's coming. I start to feel nauseous so I get up and run. I run from the camp, away from everyone. Tears stream down my face as I start to run out of breath eventually. I sit on a bench at a bus stop and bury my face in my hands. 

Kyra takes a seat next to me. "I'm so sorry Celeste. I see you're struggling. I'll tell you what. If you kill Yoongi within the next few hours, I will send everyone else including you to a place where there are no zombies, blue skies, a great place really. You would be safe. For good. Plus, I saw Abbi and Yoongi in town. So much arguing I wanted to blow my ears off. They don't love each other as much as they make it seem." She gets up and starts to walk away. "A few hours, and you'll finally experience happiness." She leaves me alone at the bus stop and I think to myself what I should do. I make my decision.

***

I get to camp where everyone sits around the fire pit. I march to the tent and grab a pistol and load it. I'm angry. I'm angry with Kyra, I'm angry with the zombies...im angry with myself. I walk out of the tent and point the gun at Yoongi. He stands up and puts his hands up. 

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" everyone shouts at me. My hands are shaking and trying my best to hold back from crying, but tears force their way out. My gun clicks and everyone is panicked. I whisper that I'm sorry and pull the trigger. I close my eyes and hear a gunshot, but my gun isn't in my hand anymore. It was knocked out. I look up and see everyone still standing. 

I look to my right and me and Abbi are face to face. She was the one who got the gun from me. "What were you thinking Celeste!? You were going to kill him! How could you!? I'm going to kill you, you a**hole!" 

She punches me in the face and knocks me to the ground. Yoongi run up and grabs her shoulders, pulling her away as she fights to get to me. He takes her to the tent. I stand up and look around. Everyone stares at me with fear. 

I storm off and Taehyung follows. "Celeste, what's going on? Why did you do that!?" I ignore him and continue walking. "Celeste! We know what you're going through! You can talk to us!" 

I whip around. "No Taehyung! You have no idea what I'm going through! No one here does!" I turn back around angrily, and start walking. 

Again, he follows. "Celeste wait! You can't-"

 I turn around and punch him. His hand holds his face and he crouches. I had hurt him.... I put my shaking hands to my mouth. "Oh my gosh! Taehyung! I'm so sorry!" I start to cry and fall to the ground. He comes up to me and kneels to the ground. "I'm so sorry Taehyung. I just...somethings going on right now. I can't tell or I'll end up hurting all of you. I want all of this to end. I want to run away from it all. I can't fight anymore." I wipe my eyes and he doesn't say anything. "And now I've hurt you again. I told myself I would never hurt you again, but I just did. I don't know what to do Tae. I can't get myself together anymore...I feel broken..." He takes my hands and help me to my feet and hugs me. His heart beats quickly this time. When we pull away, I look up at him. His cheek is bruised from where I had punched him. I gently place my hand on it and look into his eyes. "I love you Taehyung. I wish I was even half as good as you are to me." I look down and sigh. 

"I know this is hard for you. I understand. I will always be here for you. I will always comfort you and stand by your side whether or not you push me away. I will do anything to keep you happy. I love you,"says Taehyung. 

I look back up at him and smile weakly. Then I do what I never thought I'd ever do again. I kiss him. I press my lips against his. We pull away slowly and he leans his forehead against mine and smiles. 

"When should we go back so you can apologize?"

 I laugh. "Later. I just need time with you before I can face them again." 

He passionately kisses me and I forget about everything. I forget about me and my ex. I forget about the zombies. I forget about Kyra and Yoongi and Abbi. Everything. Because right now, its just me and Taehyung. And I wouldn't ask for anything else.